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			<span>Function(parentNode)</span><span class="path">zTreeObj.</span>removeChildNodes
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			Overview<span class="h3_info">[ depends on <span
				class="highlight_green">jquery.ztree.core</span> js ]
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				<p>Remove a parent node's child nodes</p>
				<p class="highlight_red">1. After remove child nodes, the parent
					node will become a leaf node. Such as the need to maintain the
					parent node is still a parent node, set 'setting.data.keep.parent'
					attribute.</p>
				<p class="highlight_red">2. Do not use this method to empty the
					root. If you need to empty the root, you can initialization zTree,
					and set the initial nodes is null.</p>
				<p class="highlight_red">3. This method does not trigger any
					callback function.</p>
				<p class="highlight_red">Please use zTree object to executing
					the method.</p>
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		<h3>Function Parameter Descriptions</h3>
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				<b>parentNode</b><span>JSON</span>
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			<p>The parent node which need to clear its child nodes.</p>
			<p class="highlight_red">Please ensure that this data object is
				an internal node data object in zTree.</p>
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				<b>Return </b><span>Array(JSON)</span>
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			<p>Return the parent node's child nodes which have been removed.
				If has no child nodes, return null.</p>
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		<h3>Examples of function</h3>
		<h4>1. Remove the first selected node's child nodes</h4>
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			<code>var treeObj = $.fn.zTree.getZTreeObj("tree");
var nodes = treeObj.getSelectedNodes();
if (nodes && nodes.length>0) {
	treeObj.removeChildNodes(nodes[0]);
}
</code>
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